ALBION manager Tony Mowbray hopes the 5-0 thrashing of Coventry could be a turning point for his side.

ALBION manager Tony Mowbray hopes the 5-0 thrashing of Coventry could be a turning point for his side.

A double from Diomansy Kamara and strikes from Jason Koumas, Kevin Phillips and Paul Robinson helped the Baggies to their biggest win in four years.

They have struggled to live up to their billing as pre-season promotion favourites, but Mowbray said: "For me there are signs we are starting to get where I want the team to go.

"People keep telling me we have the best squad in the division and if you can mould that talent with work ethic then you can achieve a lot.

"There are still some ingredients that I need to find to make the balance of the squad right. But it is great to get a win and score five goals and what I want to see consistently is a team that will fight for each other and plays for each other and covers for each other and enjoys each other's company.

"We have threatened a win like this for a long time, but credit to Coventry, they came to make it a match and could have been 1-0 up after 10 seconds. But when a game is as open as that I would back us to outgun most teams.

"We know we have creativity and we have not had a problem at home. We need to sort our away form out."

Kamara struck first after just 36 seconds when he collected a pass from Koumas and walked around goalkeeper Andy Marshall before steering the ball into an empty net.

Senegal international Kamara doubled Albion's advantage after 33 minutes when he converted from the spot after being fouled by Marcus Hall to take his tally for the season to 10.

Koumas then struck six minutes later, latching on to a pass from Kevin Phillips to score at the far post.

Phillips got in on the act in the 57th minute with a low drive from the edge of the area before Robinson completed the rout with an 83rd-minute header.

Coventry boss Micky Adams admitted he was "shocked" by the display of his side.

Adams said: You get days like this. Apart from Colin Cameron I think the rest will find it hard to look at themselves in the mirror.

"Some of the goals were basic defensive errors. I was shocked and the second half was a long 45 minutes.

"It has reminded us all that this is a tough league in which to break into the top six. To do that we need to improve the quality but we will keep going and the players have not let me down too many times this season.

"We went into the game with a lot of confidence but West Brom looked up for it and we went the other way and couldn't raise our standards."